Jake Dietsch

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is using “smoke and mirrors” by blaming war in the Middle East for home-grown inflation, Liberal MP Sussan Ley has claimed.

The Albanese Government is spending another $10 million on humanitarian aid for hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians displaced after the war in Gaza expanded north a month ago.

Anthony Albanese has declared that Australia and the UK are “on the path to net zero” after the leaders struck a new climate deal on the sidelines of Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa.

Premier Roger Cook has denied the City of Perth was shut out of an announcement because Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas is a Liberal party candidate.

Former Prime Minister John Howard has blasted Anthony Albanese for being “out of his depth,” declaring Peter Dutton is getting closer to victory every day.

Two spurned Liberal contenders who lost their preselection will instead run for the Nationals at the next State election.

A State Government program designed to turn Airbnbs and vacant houses into long-term rentals has made 400 properties available for renters, with Labor believing a six-month extension will double the figure.

Almost half of Australian renters believe they won't be able to buy a house in the next five years.